Please find a range of blogs below:
14 August 2022
Fixes:
The three components of happiness are
something to do,
someone to love, and
something to look forward to.
Dr Gordon Livingston, “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart.”
So if we enjoy our career we already have #1 and #3 taken care of.
"I am trying to tell you that I am not interested."
Most of our prospects are polite. They won't tell us "no" to our faces. They feel that it’s confrontational, and they want to save our self-image and feelings.
So these prospects tell us "no" in other ways. Here...
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07 August 2022
Your features and benefits or their problem?
The more we know the less we grow, facts tell story’s sell, a simple story works so much better than a spread sheet of data.
The truth is that we're born in the zone.
Whether it was learning to walk or talk, you practiced tirelessly and didn't get bogged down in failures for one simple reason: you didn't think about them.
We get out the zone because we think too much.
The widely recognized formula for high performance is:
Performance = capacity – interference
And the primary source of...
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31 July 2022
We don’t want to hear this from our friends, "Your intelligence peaked at an early age, right?"
Ugh. Hopefully, we still have enough brain cells left to realize our friends just insulted us.
But how do we stop brain rot?
Not easy. We must remember to exercise our brain muscle and do personal development often.
This could be listening to a podcast, reading a book, taking a Masterclass, or attending live trainings. As the old saying goes, "Use it … or lose it."
We don’t want to join the flocks of mindless sheep who...
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24 July 2022
During our lifetime, we spend more time speaking to ourselves than we do to any other person.
Harvard psychologist Shawn Achor says that the most important conversations we ever have, are the ones that we have with our self. Primarily, because the relationship we have with our self-influences the relationships that we have with others.
So be positive with what you say to yourself, what we say is what we get, be your own best friend!!
Yes, people do live this way …
Most people live their lives dealing with one problem after another.
This is why we...
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17 July 2022
Prospects are everywhere. Ask ourselves, "Do they want more in their life ... or less?" So of course, most people are pre-sold prospects already.
But, when we talk to them, they don't trust us, they don't believe us ... so they pretend to not be prospects.
The first rule is to build rapport. That means showing prospects that we see the world the same way as they do. For example, we can start a conversation by saying, "You know, inflation has risen recently." If the prospect agrees, the prospect feels more trust and will want to...
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10 July 2022
The salesperson asked me, "So what got you thinking about a new computer?"
And then I sold myself.
I drove home with my new computer wondering, "Why have I spent all my time trying to convince others? They do a lot better job convincing themselves."
<Slaps forehead and leaves a bright red palm print.>
Who do we listen to? Salesmen? Or our own minds?
Now, we might be thinking, "Are you saying we should get our prospects to sell themselves … instead of getting them to watch that corporate, boring video?"
Uh. I...
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03 July 2022
I was teaching a workshop in Edinburgh last week and was asked this question. "Why do my prospects ghost me?"
Here was my answer. "Ghosting is not a paranormal experience. It is our prospect signalling to us he is not interested but is afraid to tell us."
What is a solution to this? To make sure we have a reason for a follow-up.
Let our prospects convince themselves.
We listen. We hear our prospects’ problems. Now, what would be a high-level way to respond?
"You know, it is okay to keep our problems and live with...
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26 June 2022
The purpose of business is to solve other people’s problems. So, the question should be, “How do I know what problem my prospect has?”
Answer: By listening. That is why the “talkers” have trouble building a business. How can we know what problems people have if we are doing all the talking?
Shy people? Great listeners. Awesome at finding out prospects’ problems.
Insane logic.
Single friends give us marriage advice.
Broke friends give us financial advice.
Employees give us business advice.
Friends who are overweight give...
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19 June 2022
Salesmen scare their prospects. Salesmen have an agenda and want to sell them something.
Nobody likes to be sold, but people love to buy.
So how do we get people to feel like they are buying instead feeling like they are being sold? By putting the control of the information flow in their hands.
When someone is giving a presentation, they are selling to us. When they ask questions, and they answer our questions, we are buying.
See the difference?
What question will change their perception of us?
"What would you like to know first?"
Instead of...
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12 June 2022
When we are brand new in business, and don’t know anything, everyone tells us “What to do."
We listen to guru speeches, motivational trainings, take notes at seminars, and feel great after the company conventions. Next, we listen to endless Zoom calls telling us even more things to do. Nice. We know what to do.
We don’t need any more lists of what to do.
We already know we should talk to prospects, close our prospects, follow up, be positive, have the eye of the tiger, post our goals, be an example … and well, we know all of this...
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